Scambaiting Interview

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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:55 am

A few days ago, a request was made by techtipsforparents, a new member on Eater, for an experienced scambaiter to do an email and radio interview about scambaiting. I was asked to do the interview, and I completed the email part of it a couple of days ago.

Quote:

techtipsforparents wrote:

Hi all...
I run www.techtipsforparents.org and am wanting to do an article on scammers. Some basica questions; what they are, hwo to avoid them, how to spot them, the dangers, etc...

My readers are mostly parents and grandparents.

I would like someone who is a bit of an expert on the topic to allow me to email them some questions and have them answer them, allowing me to post them on my site, giving FULL credit to you, your business, blog, website, etc...

I would also like to do an internet radio show version of the email, with the "expert" being the call-in guest on www.blogtalkradio.com/techtips

Anyone interested, please contact me. I asked Dan (IBC) to help me out and he was very kind in accepting the questions but since he is so busy (and popular) I dont know that he will get around to it in time. But hey, I had to try Smile

Thanks in advance!

Here is the write-up of the email interview.

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I haven't discussed the radio interview with him yet, but will be shortly. If I am unable to do it and if he will accept someone else doing it, are there any volunteers?

Elite Baiter Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1731

Great job. Where is this person from?

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:08 am

Thanks.

Somewhere in Virginia. I can't remember the name of the city. I think Lester knows the name of it.

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:17 am

Well done, sheboppe! Can't wait for the radio portion. Very Happy

Elite Baiter Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 1043

Wow, really nice interview. Clear, concise, and informative.

I can be a bit of a grammar nazi, sorry.

Don't know if you have any access to the finished article, or if you will even care, but this jumped out at me.

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Due to what these folks do (bait scamming)

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:48 am

Thanks SF. Very Happy

@newdonym , that part jumped out at me too. I don't have access to the finished article. My answers to his questions are in italics.

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:00 am

Update - error (bait scamming instead of scambaiting ) corrected by the author.

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:18 am

Ah, I feel proud - TechTips is a regular listener to my scambaiting radio show IBC and has now signed up to the Eater... I will happily do the interview with him on his show and good work with the article sheboppe, really informative!

I'll keep plugging the site like mad on the show and watch more and more curious people turn into super scam baiters!

NTBS